I enjoyed this book, however, there were times when I wondered why the authors chose to believe one unsubstantiated rumor but not another. In particular, why the authors refused to believe the story of Johnson bugging Nixon's campaign plane (when the former President told Nixon he did it and any potential proof was stolen by Johnson personel) yet totally accepted as fact the notion that Reagan offered a power-sharing deal with former President Ford.

Both stories based on oral testimony and both lacking any paper trail. I would choose to treat both as interesting but unproven. Aside from this, the book seems lacking an obvious partisan bias.

The stories of Jimmy Carter's treason should have caused more notice in the press and public. This book was the first I heard of it and I consider myself fairly well educated in politics and history.

As a nation of law and order even Presidents sitting and former should be held accountable. Carter should be sitting in prison today but we turn a blind-eye when everything works out ok. Doesn't hurt that Carter has built a sympathetic public through his charity work.

The Presidents Club is real. It had an official founding (after Eisenhower's inauguration, when Truman and Hoover agreed on it), and over the years has acquired a newsletter, a clubhouse, and a variety of perks as well as the responsibility of being there when the sitting President needs them. Only other people who've held the office truly understand its pressures and demands; in that sense they are sometimes the only source of truly informed advice.

And sometimes, a former President is the best or the only appropriate emissary for a trip the President can't make himself.

The authors do an excellent job of reconstructing and recounting the history of the club. Interviews with several of the presidents of the last thirty years, as well as aides, family members, and colleagues, help make this rich in detail and insight. We get to know he club members from Hoover onward. We get a real sense of their strengths, weaknesses, and particular quirks, as well as both the rivalries and the unexpected friendships they formed.

It's a rich and well-informed narrative, told mostly chronologically, with divergences from that to follow up on themes and specifics where it seems appropriate. In addition to the strong writing, the narrator has a strong, clear voice, making for good listening even in traffic. I learned a lot, and enjoyed learning it.

I very much enjoyed the well written and detailed book. Giving the fact, that you could only go off of interviews and provided information that was allowed to be published in this book. The Presidents Club is a book I would recommend. However, I didn't like that there was very little on Obama. Especially since President Obama, being the newest member of the club. I would have expected more information; given that fact that you were writing this book during his presidential era. However, thank you for the aligning the history of our presidents from President Truman ending with President Obama. I feel that I've gain a lot of presidential insight that our educational system never provided. I grew up 45 miles from were President Clinton lived in Hot Springs, AR. Living in Fordyce, Ar I was never provided with this much information about our local President. So thank you. I can't provide a proper rating today because like all books, people tends to be bias. For the ones reading this review... it is important that we remind ourselves what the former presidents rights and wrongs. What the Presidents did to change the country and the world for mankind. Ask yourself after reading this book how will we decide our presidents moving forward. The Presidents live to serve our country, not the other way around. Hold everyone accountable when campaign & assume the office. Bob I had you on 2x at sometimes, for millennials we like faster readers and not the epic build up to the point. Nancy and Michael thank you for this book.

And the "facts" are highly skewed. It does not include any kind of editorial distance or viewpoint, for instance, saying "this is what he said" or "this is how she remembered it." It is offered as history but written in the style of pure fiction. I love David McCullough's work and don't have this issue with him. In contrast, this book seems very intellectually dishonest, I'm sorry to say.